Read full poem →To do the honours, and to give the word;
Tell at your levee, as the crowds approach,
To whom to nod, whom take into your coach,
Dictionary Entry
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
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. leveeen leveesystem leveelevee naturallevee riverlevee first
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Poetry examples for “levee”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Nor know who’s in or out at court:
They never to the levee go,
To treat as dearest friend, a foe;